A laboratory study on the dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited O2/+/ions

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Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jgr....85.4232z&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 85, Aug. 1, 1980, p. 4232-4236.

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Electron-Ion Recombination, Gas Dissociation, Metastable Atoms, Molecular Excitation, Molecular Oscillations, Oxygen Ions, Molecular Spectroscopy, Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma Spectra, Reaction Kinetics, Time Dependence

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The dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited O2(+) ions is studied in light of the possible importance of this reaction in upper atmospheric chemistry. A plasma spectroscopy experiment was performed in a microwave cavity filled by an argon-oxygen mixture, with O(1S) production monitored by measurements of the 5577-A afterglow, the O2(+) density and the electron concentration. Plasma and optical data reveal the predominant afterglow ions to be Ar2(+) and O2(+), with an effective O(1S) dissociative recombination coefficient of 2.1 x 10 to the -8th cu cm/sec, corresponding to a quantum yield of 10%. Experiments with an argon-krypton-oxygen mixture reveal that vibrationally excited O2(+) ions are the chief source of the O(1S) atoms, with a specific recombination coefficient for the dissociation of O2(+)(2 pi g) into O(1S) and O(1D) of 4.2 x 10 to the -9th cu cm/sec. A comparison of the laboratory results with Atmospheric Explorer data on the 5577-A airglow implies that O2(+) ions in the sunlit ionosphere are vibrationally excited to the same degree as in the laboratory, with the vibrational relaxation of these ions much slower than dissociative recombination. Results also predict a dawn-twilight asymmetry in the effective O(1S) yield due to the normal variation of electron content.

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